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Dutch customs


The Netherlands can be exasperating.

Public telephones

I could not get the 'phone to work with coin....

No hot water

... Washing with too-cold water, I cursed....

Dutch bureaucracy

Parts I (Amsterdam 2000) and II (Nijmegen 2004.)

Having a beer

... The head fills and overflows the tiny glass....

I know my Dutch is bad

"No offense, but youre Dutch quite a few flaws...."

Een klacht

A complaint ...

"Do you understand this?"

A rude question, in the wrong language....

Following and pacing

The way that the Dutch people walk in public ...

Dutch toilets

A shelf, instead of a bowl ...